APPENDIX 2 119 A tabular co?nparison of the dialects of the people of Midob, the Birked ajid the Bardbra English one two three four five six seven eight nine ten a hundred iron hair mountain a stone woman boy green red black white mother father mouth he thej' meat name what is your name ? horse winter milk star water watercourse C'khor") head donkey dog man cow rain Midob pirrki uddi tasi, or dasi egi techi, or dechi korrchi ollotti iddi ukuddi timmigi immil tessi tedi or ulli iddi 'utchi tesse kayli uddi adde iya abba al on ung-a osongye urri na urri negoda porrnyi itchi itchirri ongyedi urtchi, or ushi orr utchi pewrl ett, or irr urti, or urdi, or u'di tur arri Birked meirti ullu tizzit keimzi tishi korshi koldi ittu ijmoldi timmun mia (Ar.) meirta sirti tm kur kuldi ein otonti ?

kayle udia ayle ennon embabon enagul ter tir kozi einer einer nenta kisi kizidi eshi weindi eigi mantiti urr kusuldi meil kortog tei ali Barabra werum (K), werum (D), wera (FM) awum (K), owun (D), uwo (FM) toskum (K), toskin (D), tusko (FM) kemsum (K), kemsin (D), kemso (FM) dijum (K), dijin (D), dija (FM) gorjum (K), gorjin (D), gorjo (FM) kolladum (K), kolladin (D), kolloda (FM) I'duum (K), iduwin (D), iduwo (FM) iskodum (K), iskodin (D), oskoda (FM) dimnum (K), diminun (D), dim (FM) imil (KDFM) sarti (KD) dflti (KD), singirti (FM) kullu (D) kulu (KD) en (KD), iden (FM) tendi, tod (KD) dessi gel lirum aro (KD) en ambab (KD), abo (FM) agil (KD), ak (FM) ter (KD), tar (FM) tir (KD), ter (FM) kusu (KD) eri (KD) ?

murti (MF), kaj (KD) kis (KD) iji (KD), ingissi (FM) wissi (KD), winji (FM) essi (KD), aman (FM) ? (N.B. Burckhardt gives "amanga" as = "river "in Nuba, and "essig" in Kanzi.) ur (KDFM) kaj (FM). (N.B. The Dagu use " katche " and "kachin," the Bayko "katchine.") wel, or uel (KD) ogid, or ogij, or id {N.B. The word for "man" in the Dilling hills resem.bles "kortoge.")

iu (KD), iw (FM). {N.B. Tama "iwit.")

ti. {N.B. Tama "tei'") aru (KD), awu (M), olli (F).

"arr.")

{N.B. Tama 79). K = Kanzi, Taken from Leo Reinisch's Die Nuba-Sprache (Vienna, M=Mahass, D = Dongolowi, F="Fadidsha" {i.e. Sukkot).

- Dagu "murt," Tama "firrat," Fur "murta," Berti "burto," Zaghawa "hirrt," Tekali "murda," G6I0 "mroto," Fertft {ap. Reinisch) "murta," Digga (Fertft) "murta," Banda (Fertit) "berta," Kara (Fertit) "mutta," Kamamil (S. Sennar) "murta," Galla "farda."